Tag Archives: story
Wen family may sue over NYT story
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s family has denied a New York Times report that its members amassed a .7bn fortune
Full Story: Financial Times – UK Homepage
Analysis: Romney seizes the story
Virtually every poll predicted Obama would come out on top in the debate, but there’s no question Romney won in Denver.
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Iran agency runs Onion story as its own
Add Iran’s news agency to the long list of those hoodwinked by the satire of The Onion.
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‘It’s not just my story now, it’s everyone’s’
The novelist says what happened to him is now everyone’s story. He talks to Ginny Dougary about his new book – a memoir of his fatwa years
Full Story: Financial Times – UK Homepage
Story behind Lynyrd Skynryd name
CNN’s Fredricka Whitfield talks to members of the band Lynyrd Skynyrd and learns how the band got its name.
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‘Mad Men,’ ‘American Horror Story’ lead Emmy nods
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Mad Men,” a piercingly bleak portrait of a 1960s American anti-hero, earned a leading 17 Emmy nominations Thursday and the chance to set a new record as the most-honored drama in television history.
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King shares story in memoir
Rodney King talks about his new book “The Riot Within” and reflects on what he learned after the 1991 beating.
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Police: ‘Forest Boy’ story is a hoax
The tale of the so-called Forest Boy is a lie, police in Germany said on Friday.
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Wisconsin ranked high in wrongful convictions, but study doesn’t tell whole story
According to the newly published National Registry of Exonerations, Wisconsin has one of the highest numbers of wrongful convictions in the nation. However, as Keith Findley notes, the numbers are skewed because all of the top states have Innocence Project’s…
Bahrain rejects Al Jazeera story on death
Report citing autopsy which concluded that a 23-year-old was tortured before drowning, dismissed as “outrageous claim”.
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VIDEO: ‘Cactus Jack’ puppy’s spiky story
A puppy in the US is up for adoption after being found alone and covered with cactus spines.
Full Story: BBC News – Home
Study: GOPers tired of Trayvon story
While the story behind Trayvon Martin's shooting death continues to grab headlines, interest in the case is sharply divided along partisan and racial lines, according to a new study by Pew Research Center.
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CNN peels back layers of Martin story
It's perhaps fitting that a story with so many layers should be symbolized by a layer of clothing.
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New video raises doubts about Fla. gunman’s story
MIAMI (AP) — Newly released police video of a handcuffed George Zimmerman may be important for what it doesn’t show: No obvious cuts, scrapes, blood or bandages. No clearly broken nose. No plainly visible evidence of a life-and-death struggle with…
Flaw found in fast neutrino story
Researchers who reported surprising finding faster-than-light neutrinos in 2011 now say they have found two potential sources of error in their experiment.
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How a child killer’s story unraveled
The day after little Jorelys Rivera's mangled body was found in a suburban Atlanta trash compactor, Ryan Brunn sat in a stark room for a police interview. He began with confidence, but ended with trouble.
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Missing tot’s relative changes story
As the search for missing Maine toddler Ayla Reynolds enters a fourth week, the grandmother of the 21-month-old girl offered new information to CNN on Sunday about the night Ayla disappeared.
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Jay Paterno: Dad ‘fighting,’ wants to tell story
Jay Paterno says his father is “fighting like crazy” to beat lung cancer and would like to tell his side of the story that ultimately led to his firing.
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Sale of Northern Rock announced
Virgin Money is buying Northern Rock for £747m, the government announces. It says there will be no compulsory redundancies.
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Virgin buys Northern Rock for £747m
Richard Branson’s banking arm is buying the savings bank almost four years after it collapsed and was taken over by the UK government
Full Story: Financial Times – UK Homepage